I’ll be honest with you, when I was first asked to make this globe cake for our church’s mission trip fundraising event I was honored, but also extremely nervous! I had never made a sphere cake before. I had no idea what size pans to use, and my biggest fear was how in the […]

Fondant banners are super easy to make, and can really add a beautiful touch to your decorated cakes. They can seem intimidating, but I assure you they are not at all as hard as they look. I will show you in this tutorial how to make a fondant banner in a few simple steps. […]

I hated fondant and I hated decorating cakes with it. I hated working with it so much that at the beginning of my cake decorating business, I vowed to only make and sell buttercream cakes. But I soon realized the limitations of not using fondant. Clients ordering birthday cakes, especially for kids, usually want […]

Confession; I used to hate fondant. When I started taking cake orders I avoided decorating fondant cakes. I vowed to only decorate and sell buttercream cakes. But as I started getting more and more cakes orders, I saw the limitations in my business from not taking on fondant cakes. A lot of cakes ordered […]

When using fondant for cake decorating it’s a good idea to keep cornstarch (or powdered sugar) close by. Fondant is sticky. It can stick to your work surface, cutters or molds, and this can cause a mess and unnecessary cake decorating stress! This DIY Corstarch puff is super simple and cheap to make and […]

Farm animal themed birthday parties are super cute! When this cake was requested I was excited to practice these farm animal cake figurines. In the beginning days of my cake decorating journey I would stay away from fondant figures, but as I have become more confident in cake decorating I love making them! […]

This recipe will change your life. Okay, maybe it won’t change your life, but it will change your baking. Before I learned about this recipe, preparing my pans for baking cakes felt like a chore. I was buttering and flouring my pans and then cutting out 8 or 6 inch circles of wax paper […]

There are 2 things I will eat or drink no matter what the temperature is outside. I will drink hot coffee when it’s 100 degrees, and I will eat ice cream when it’s 30. So, an ice cream themed birthday party in the middle of February sounded all right to me! This upside […]

Do you want a simple, out of this world cute, and astoundingly easy to make cupcake that is sure to impress anyone? You should definitely give these simple galaxy cupcakes a try. What you need: Cupcakes Buttercream frosting Black cupcake liners. Americolor electric pink Americolor electric blue Sweetopolita sprinkles piping bags 1M […]

It’s a new year and you know what that means? No, not new years resolutions, new years goals! What’s the difference you ask? Well, resolutions usually don’t last very long. You make a decision in your head, you might say them out loud and tell a few people, but by March you’ve fallen off […]